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[Galaxy S II General] tids2k:
Expansys Australia has just put a pre order on thier page for Samsung Galaxy S II pre order. Its priced at $1145. Sorry guys just not worth it.

http://www.expansys.com.au/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-black-16gb-209648/?partner=banner&se=s7341

Everyone keep discussion in this thread to Australia zone only.
[Galaxy S II General] tids2k:
Mobicity.com.au has phone listed but no price tag.

Here: http://www.mobicity.com.au/samsung-galaxy-s2.html
[Galaxy S II General] why_999:
Yeah its rip-off!! But its inline Expansys UK.
[Galaxy S II General] eskasi:
Holy Cow! Thats US$1200!
[Galaxy S II General] jezza333:
Yep, and given that for $741 USD you can get it in Switzerland/Germany, there's no way I'm forking out over $800 for it. :(
[Galaxy S II General] MoonRaven:
Seems that in the netherlands they list it for €590 (us$815)

I always hate it when a device is more expensive in specific regions :(
[Galaxy S II General] aussiesausage:
mobicity and smoothmobiles.com.au both have them now.

mobicity- $899

smoothmobiles- $895

im not sure whether to get one or not, its a extremly hefty price. i was planning on getting a normal galaxy S again, ( other died, no warranty cause i bought it 2nd hand and the owner is not here no more ) so i was going to get a brand new one

not sure what to do now.
[Galaxy S II General] KLoNe1:
Yeah, I'm gonna have to buy one me thinks - I'm addicted to my SGS and an upgrade will be awesome :)
[Galaxy S II General] tids2k:
Techrific has it for $889

http://www.techrific.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=1031&cPath=114#myshopping
[Galaxy S II General] Rooster19:
Big bump.

So the Australian release will be around June, you guys going to get it now or what?

If its on the Optus $59 I will, if its on the $79 its too much imo, I'd rather get the Arc
[Galaxy S II General] NIK516:
I'm selling my iPhone 4 and will just buy it outright from uk, Australia is just such a ripp off.

I'm half way through my contract with optus so, I sell my iPhone for $700 and the gs2 was $724 so for $24 dollars I have upgraded. to top it of when my contract runs out I'll get the sgs3 lol yayyyyyy
[Galaxy S II General] tjjensen23:
Yeah replacing my Atrix with my SG2 which will hopefully be here by Friday. Ordered from Handtec as i didn't wanna get ripped off by Aus online resellers lol
[Galaxy S II General] SuperTheMando:
Hey guys, who's getting their SGSII from where?

How much did/will it cost you (in AU$)

Is it NextG?

Which processor?

NFC?
[Galaxy S II General] Brumble:
Anyone here ordered a UK versrion of the sgs2? I take it ill have to get an adapter for the charger considering the sockets are different?
[Galaxy S II General] Scared27:
I bought from Mobicity, $900 (yay for disposable income). It says NextG compatible, no NFC and with the Samsung CPU (not NVIDIA Tegra 2)
[Galaxy S II General] adster13:
hmmm.... I might get one from expansys.... will probably wait until next week and scope out a few other places as well.

I was upset that it won't have NFC because I believe NFC will become common use in everyday life sometime soon.... but after a bit of research I think NFC will be more commonly built into sim cards instead of phones themselves, so it's not so much an issue for me now. Also it's probably not going to hit mainstream until after the London Olympics by which time I'll have a new phone anyway.
[Galaxy S II General] beWater:
handtec, price was AUD $700, i don't care about NFC, it is gonna be switched off constantly anyways, don't think it will get popular soon
[Galaxy S II General] SuperTheMando:
Where to buy

Hey guys,

I've been doing some research on where to buy, I'm listing them in cost order, cheapest first. If I've missed out on a site, let me know.

If there is any reason why you wouldn't buy from the cheapest, please let me know.

I've never bought a phone online before and I'm kinda anxious about it.

I've gone as far in the checkout as I can, and prices include shipping to Melbourne, the cheapest option (no more than 7 working days).

Not VAT. Is that correct?

Currency conversions using Google on 4/05.

Unlocked Mobiles £435 $663

Handtec £456 $695

Clove £464 $707

Expansys $720

Mobiciti$914

Smooth Mobiles $924

So the cheapest is from Unlocked Mobiles, and the cheapest Australian store is Expansys.

Which store are you going to buy from, and why?

:( !!!!!!! I had it all nicely formatted, and the name of each site was a direct link to that website's listing for the SGSII.

But I can't post links.

:(

Spent ages typing it up too...
[Galaxy S II General] beWater:
my DHL online tracking still says Departed Facility in LONDON-HEATHROW - UK, same as 30 hrs ago... hm..... hope i can get it tomorrow
[Galaxy S II General] bushy73:
I can't afford to buy outright just now, so I am waiting patiently for it to be released so I can grab it on my plan with Optus! Waiting, Waiting, WAITING!
[Galaxy S II General] Rooster19:
Also waiting to get it on plan, hopefully its on the $59 cap
[Galaxy S II General] Scared27:
Mobicity has had stock shortages so some of the late preorders have been delayed a week :(
[Galaxy S II General] SuperTheMando:
Don't get it from Mobicitiy.

Why spend $900?

I just ordered mine from Handtec.

Everyone is out of stock.

From Handtec, with UPS (2-5 days after they send it) shipping it cost me less than $700.

Unlocked-Mobiles.com is even cheaper than that!

But I wanted Handtec because they sound like the more trusted/used provider.

Clove sounds to be the best, but it was over $700 and I couldn't afford it.

But it still was nowhere near $900.
[Galaxy S II General] onbacardi:
interesting to see unlocked-mobiles saying their "Pre Order for Third Batch of Handsets due in on Monday 16th May" already on Third Batch !!
[Galaxy S II General] zehro:
Well, mine arrived yesterday from Handtec (FEDEX to remote QLD location).

I ordered on the 4th or May, a day after their first batch was shipped, but they still shipped mine on the same day as I ordered.
[Galaxy S II General] OryZ:
I've pre-ordered originally from Clove (mid April), however after seeing that my order wasn't shipped straight away and that there was a 25 pounds price difference, cancelled my order and ordered from unlocked-mobiles on the 4th May (they promised shipping on the 5th). On the 5th I got an email saying that 1st batch is finished so my order would only ship on the 9th.. Called them and got them to change shipping from Royal Mail to UPS for no added cost (it's 30 pounds difference), received my handset on the 12th (so that's 3 days delivery from UK to Perth!).

Overall very impressed with ULM, they have been 100% great about everything (communications, handling the issue etc.) and it only ended up costing me 435 pounds - should come up as close to $650! :D
[Galaxy S II General] ImperialX:
I ordered from Handtec on May 10, so I missed their first batch. Still waiting for stock. ARRRGH.
[Galaxy S II General] aussiebum:
Well, I got it from Mobicity and initally I thought they were expensive too. But guess what? They don't lie about their stock levels. I was supposed to get my handset shipped on the 13th May but they announced no shipment until the 16th May. Sure enough, I got my phone Monday late afternoon 16th May, fedex'ed over.

So while they might be expensive, their service is damn good.
[Galaxy S II General] cheetah2k:
I got my 16Gb SGSII today from AZ Mobiles in Perth, direct Fedex from their Hong Kong shop, fully factory sealed, and perfect. $770.

Must have been new stock too, as it was preloaded with the latest firmware

www.gsmnation.com also has them for US$770, and $30 fedex post to your door.
[Galaxy S II General] Rooster19:
I want to get it from unlocked mobiles, are they are trusted site?
[Galaxy S II General] Rooster19:
It says 414 pounds excluding VAT.

What is VAT and do we need to pay for it?
[Galaxy S II General] Rooster19:
Never mind, Optus just released it :)

I preordered should be here June 1st
[Galaxy S II General] ImperialX:
No. You only have to pay for VAT if you live in the UK. If you buy it in Aussie you don't have to pay it.

Yup, my friend got it there and they're no problem. It's just that it's so freaking hard to find any place that has stock right now. I'm still on backorder until next week from handtec.

I didn't want to be tied to a plan.
[Galaxy S II General] Rooster19:
I tried to order online but aparrently they need more details and they're closed on weekends so I'll give them a call on Monday.

First 200 get a free dock - FML
[Galaxy S II General] leedavis:
I got mine from HandTec. Ordered Monday, delivered Friday. No VAT payment. No freebies
[Galaxy S II General] ImperialX:
Are you sure? I ordered on the 13th and it's now the 21st, and they still haven't delivered it because they said there is no stock. :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] leedavis:
Sorry not Friday yesterday. I ordered on May 3rd and got it May 6th. Sorry for confusion
[Galaxy S II General] ImperialX:
lol, thought as much. There are a heck load of people in the handtec thread who are waiting for this phone.
[Galaxy S II General] bushy73:
OPTUS released on preorder

I just preordered my S2 from Optus yesterday. $5/month on a $59 plan. Expected to be shipped from June 1st.
[Galaxy S II General] leedavis:
Do Optus have an exclusive?
[Galaxy S II General] Rooster19:
I've spoken to an Optus Business consultant many times, he told me Optus will have it exclusive for 3 months.

He also told me a month ago it will be shipped July 1st and well his right so I'm taking his word for it and not waiting for other providers.
[Galaxy S II General] SkilletDesire:
Ordered mine from the Expansys Korean site with NFC : D
[Galaxy S II General] Rooster19:
Apparently the Optus one is with the NFC lol, it isn't confirmed but there is a chance.
[Galaxy S II General] garyk76:
Galaxy S2

Hey guys I just wanted to let you know that I run an online store in Australia and I have galaxy s2 listed there for $799, here is link mrdigitalcameras.com.au/samsung-galaxy-s2.html for $799.
[Galaxy S II General] ImperialX:
Please don't advertise your site on XDA...also, that is freaking expensive. I can order from handtec or clove and get it to Aussie for ~$700 shipped. I paid $704 for the SGS2 from handtec.
[Galaxy S II General] AMDPOWERFIST:
Got mine about 3 weeks ago from Handtec in the UK. Cost me $700 + $30 shipping.

Best purchase ive made in a LONG time. DONT buy from Australian stores, they are a fkn rip off. Import taxes and all the other !@#$ the AU govt adds onto it.

I dont really understand why ANYONE in australia is requiring a NFC version... about 0.01% of stores nation wide have this technology, and by the time it will be FULLY useful (maybe 5-10% of stores or BIG chain stores) will have it, the Samsung Galaxy S3 will be out with Quad core, 2gig Ram etc... thus my next upgrade :D

BTW im from AU - Bathurst NSW
[Galaxy S II General] SuperTheMando:
Mine arrived!

It's charging now

I just went over and signed up with Telstra. I don't want to be with Vodafail any more.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] xzkun218:
where is the link? please give me a link,thanks!

January 26th, 2011

•Opera thumbnails in Sense problem fixed

•Lockscreen freezes problem fixed (SRS removed)

•Palringo updated

•Shake and Save removed from ROM

•Nearing FINAL stage for this ROM

-----------------------------------------------------------

January 6th, 2011 (3 years of development for this ROM...)

•29007 build (stable, fast, great all around)

•FontLinksMethods set to 1 to resolve issues with user installable fonts

•Italian ROMs "Programs" shortcut on start menu fixed

•sencity graphics updates

•Slight layout changes

•Removed tasks widget to eliminate sense restarting issue

•Opera signin problems and secure server problems resolved

•New, cool default Ringtone. Extra points to who guesses where it's from...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chefdvd:
Do you mean this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=517300
[General Questions and Answers] aref_tmu:
Dear All,

I'm looking for a proxy software to bypass the filtered sites in my location for Windows Mobile 6.5 (I have HTC HD2).

It will be great if I can find any

Kinds,
[General Questions and Answers] joja1:
me having same problem
[General Questions and Answers] Senax:
Filtered sites? On the www??! Are you in China? Well I guess so..

Well though I'm not using Mozilla Firefox Mobile, I would use it in conjunction with a proxy addon if I were in your situation.

Or start to use any other browser that your standard browser, which is in my humble opinion SET to 'filter pages' in the first place. I could be wrong here though..

Success,
[General Questions and Answers] aref_tmu:
yes we are some where like china.

your answer doesn't helps bro.

isn't here any body for help? :(
[General Questions and Answers] markshane:
Hi there,

There is an app called Tor for android, search if it is also available for windows phone. It is good for proxy.

Sent from my Milestone running Gingerbread 2.3.3
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bklynfire:
I got another evo on Friday, I want to root and keep all the latest stuff that came with my sprint phone, what would be the best root to use and how which Rom would include all the sprint latest ruu.

and which new Rom would be recommended, on my old evo I used DC, but they have since stopped updating

any help would be greatly appreciated.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrusheen:
I've been using Unrevoked3 to root my evo over the last week. I've been constantly rooting and unrooting between bringing it to a Sprint repair store. It's a one click root and it uses Unrevoked Forever to S-OFF. If you like Sense ROMs you may like just sticking with a stock 3.70 ROM that has been rooted, but make sure they haven't removed all of the Sprint junk in case you want to keep those. If you wish to go AOSP, I highly recommend Cyanogen Mod because it's the closest to "bare" android with all the features that a rooted evo user would want.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bklynfire:
who has the best stock 3.7 rooted rom?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentphantom:
you could try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=830153
[Nook Color General] pkiyengar:
Hi, I installed Nookie Froyo "xe.nook.color-froyo-v2.2-flashable-REV223" to my internal memory. everything works great. but when i connect my nook color to my laptop through usb, i no longer see the nook drive on "My Computer". Am I missing something? On my nook also, it shows the total internal memory as abt 1 gb and not 5 or 8 gb. Can you please advise me? Currently i use microsd card to put my documents, but would like to use the spare internal memory as well, if possible.
[Nook Color General] charleshenrysmith@comcast:
Same thing has happened to my but with honeycomb.
[Nook Color General] pkiyengar:
howz honeycomb? i tried honeycomb on sd card but it was very slow when compared to froyo. it was a class 4 4gb card. i have a class 10 16gb card but not able to boot honeycomb with it. it is asking for decryption password.
[Nook Color General] samuelhalff:
use my nookcolor USB mass storage utility.

internal storage is about 1gb (/data)

5gb storage is on /media. Use the utility..
[Nook Color General] pkiyengar:
Hi Samuelhalff, thanks a lot. your utility works perfect
[Nook Color General] initial_k:
So once I had mp3, video and photo to the 5GB media drive and eject it from my PC.

how does it show up on the nook? Can't get the nook to recognize the media file.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjr2010:
Hello xda world. I'm pretty decent with the rooting and flashing game, I find it the most fun seeing what everyone has put together, lemme tell ya, most of the ROMs are bada**. Some better than others, but I came across soem AOSP roms, I read about waht they are and all that good stuff, and based on the battery life of them, it seems unbelievable, and I want to try but I need to know a couple things from some folks higher up.

Number one: Is there any AOSP Rom that has all the features such as 4g and the mms problem fixed correctly?

Is it better than the non-aosp roms?

If the battery life that awesome? Can you go back to a non-aosp perfectly fine if you choose to switch back?

Just trying to have all the safety I can before I take this big step to the dark side lol. Thanks guys
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrusheen:
Well, Cyanogen Mod 7 is the only AOSP ROM to include working 4G. I'm not sure about MMS. You can't put any Sense ROM features onto a AOSP ROM. AOSP roms give the advantage of Gingerbread and they are updated more frequently then Sense roms because they don't have to rely on HTC to make the changes. I don't see how this could ruin your battery or do anything lower than the software level, so you can go back perfectly fine.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bamba1260:
To start, just make a nandroid backup before you flash and you will be able to restore to exactly as you have it now. Don't forget to back up your apps with titanium backup or something of that sort. Just make sure you don't try and restore system data from a sense rom on an aosp rom.

As for 4g, cm7 nightly #6 has 4g implemented. From the discussion on the cayanogen mod website it seems to be working fine. Can't test it myself because no 4g unfortunately. I haven't noticed any mms problem, for what its worth. Battery life is amazing on cm7 as well. The stock kernel is great! Plus there is always savaged Zen, also an amazing kernel.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EndlessDissent:
The only AOSP ROMs I know of with 4G are CM7 (and its derivatives) and Salvage-Mod 1.0. I'm not sure what MMS problem you're talking about, but MMS should work fine on CM7, and I assume (so I may be wrong; haven't used it) Salvage-Mod.

Better is completely subjective. It might not have a feature you expect from Sense ROMs, and you may consider that "worse" than other ROMs, and someone who doesn't use that feature will consider it much better.

You can switch back and forth any time you want. Lots of people do it all the time. Just make sure to wipe completely before switching, and make sure you have a nandroid backup.

Good luck and have fun.

Also, even though it doesn't have 4G, and it has an issue with downloading sound through MMS, I recommend taking a look at MIUI. It has lots of cool features not in most other ROMs. Don't be put off by the iPhoneish looks when it first starts up. You can theme it very easily and make it look however you want. A lot of people have had very positive experiences with MIUI.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thunderwagn:
Yup, I would agree with ^^. Take a look at MIUI. Its a fantastic rom and very customizable. As stated already, there is no 4g, but that shouldn't keep you from giving it a whirl. I almost wonder if you are talking about the SMS size limits? Not sure, but you can always use something like Handcent for texting. There were some issues with sound and MMs previously, but I think those issues have been resolved.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
There are four aosp roms for the evo that I know of.

First, everlov. I don't think its very popular and have never tried it. Gingerbread. No 4g or hdmi.

Then, there's miui. Popular, and fans are very dedicated. Android with the iphone look and feel but with added stuff. Sadly froyo based and no 4g or hdmi.

Salvage mod is completely stock nexus s gingerbread. Working 4g as well.

cyanogen(mod) 7 is the most popular aosp rom probably in android. working on like 20 phones. Insane customizability and functionality. Gingerbread. Only thing not working is h hdmi. Make sure to flash the nightly build instead if the rls1 if you want 4g and other new stuff. This is what I'm using now.

I hope this helps you make your decision.

Dk

Swyped from my PC36100 using XDA App
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjr2010:
How is yalls battery life compared to regular roms
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
It all depends. Just try and see how it works for you.some people are rumored to get days of life on done of these roms.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] novanosis85:
Salvage mod is very good. I tested it and no problems. I tried cm7 and it is not stable.

4g works well on salvage.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jxr94:
Salvagemod – stock gingerbread

CM - custom gingerbread
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjr2010:
Alright fellow xda's, I think im going to go for it, wish me luck lol, thanks for the feedback, I was nervous about flashing over to a AOSP becasue people made it seem like it was just a totally different world and I wouldnt be able to go back to my stand ROMs
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marlowr05:
Trust me you will like it. It's so much faster, and will easily double your memory which equals a very happy phone. I just flashed back to Fresh 3.5.0.1 to test out 4G and i've gotta say it's awesome. But now flashed back to CM and going back and fourth between Salvage. I like gingerbread and also no sense lol. Good luck
[G Tablet General] convergefan:
hi guys

i'm looking to buy a used g-tablet, i'm in australia so it's much harder for me to buy from an online retailer. i have a headfi/ebay/ocau account where i've sold/bought plenty of stuff in case anybody needs some reassurance.

let me know what you have and how much you'd like for it

thanks :)
[G Tablet General] Icedvoco:
Id suggest Amazon mate, got mine from them, shipped to Sydney in less than 14 days. and since the price seems to be dropping, eg down to around $360 US dollars, and with our dollar atm, its the time to do it.

http://www.amazon.com/Viewsonic-G-Tablet-Multi-Touch-Screen-Android/dp/B004EPV7TK/ref=pd_sim_e_1
[G Tablet General] :
Got mine from Amazon too, $444.14 in the end, expedited delivery, 6 days from ordering, turned up in Canberra.

Took me a few days of checking to be able to order one though, only when it's actually from amazon would it be able to be shipped to Aus, other company's that sell through amazon seem to not ship out of the USA.
[G Tablet General] qubz:
+1 for amazon, a few posts below this one http://www.amazon.com/Viewsonic-G-Tablet-Multi-Touch-Screen-Android/dp/B004EPV7TK/ref=pd_sim_e_1 for $359 atm is better than what I got it for 3 weeks ago ($379)
[G Tablet General] convergefan:
thanks for the responses guys, i considered amazon but most of their merchants don't ship abroad and through amazon themselves it comes to about $420 inc standard shipping. i'm hoping to see if i can pick it up cheaper
[G Tablet General] philipwest:
Don't forget that there are quite a few really nice tablets coming out like the Elocity A10 and the Asus transformer. Those two are in my options the best options coming out soon. I am going to pick up a transformer when it comes out next month. It comes with honeycomb, 1 gig ram and an IPS screen. The G tablet is great but it will be probably a month or longer before honeycomb is stable enough to use daily. And Intel will be releasing the SandyBridge mobile processors later this year and those are going to kick some ass. Also checkout WI-DI. I can't wait. I would recommend a G tablet if you can get a good deal on one like $250. But for $400 go with the A10 or transformer. Just my 2 cents.
[XPERIA X10 General] jowilk:
hi, just got this phone for my son. wanted to update to android 2.1, had to jump thru hoops just to get to the update service. tried to download and install back and restore on the phone no go. it wont allow me to install other than market place. its stupid that this app is not already installed. :mad: is there another app i could use to backup the phone before updating? thanks. btw, sonyericson's site really sucks!!!
[XPERIA X10 General] javagreen:
So you posted a thread just to tell us this?

I'm curious, what kind of hoops did you have to jump through to get the update service? It's rather easy to download the Update Service app via their website. Actually, I've found Sony Ericsson's website one of the easiest to navigate. The Backup & Restore application COMES preinstalled with the phone, atleast that's how it was when I got mine with 1.6.
[XPERIA X10 General] Bwyan Benton:
*sigh*